You can make images available for use in instances by importing images to the Image Service datastore .
About this task
To import an image in a non-supported format such as RAW, QCOW2, VDI, or VHD, see the VMware Integrated OpenStack Administrator Guide.
Prerequisites
Verify that you configured one or more Image Service datastores.
Obtain the image, for example, ubuntuLTS-sparse.vmdk.
Verify that the images are packaged in the ISO, VMDK, or OVA format.